Messiah's reign. PSALMS, LXXII.-LXXIV. PSALM LXXII. A Psalm ẞ for Solomon. GIVE a a the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. 8 Hei shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 Them kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down" fore him; all nations shall serve him. of Bor, of. Ps. 94. 7. 32. 1, 17. d Ps. 85. 11. eJob9.27..31. Y my chas- Is. 51.12,13. Hos. 6. 3. 8 labour in mine eyes. Ps.89.25,36. Zec. 9. 10. 7 Is. 29. 7, 8. m2 Ch. 9. 21. Mat. 2. 11. n Is. 49. 7, 23. be-n I knew not. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. 15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba:" prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.t 16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and" they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun; and men shall be blessed" in him: all nations shall call him blessed. • Is. 41. 17. with. K one shall A rock. t Jude 25. μ be. Tor, A Psalm * Re. 5. 13. por, tribe. 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth bey Nu. 14. 21. filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen. Hab. 2. 14. 20 The prayers of David the son of σor, for. Jesse, are ended. PSALM LXXIII. A Psalm σ of Asaph. TRULYT God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my_steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was enviousa at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death; but their strength is x firm. 5 They are not in ẞ trouble as other men; neither are they plagued y like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. Tor, Yet. La. 2.7, &c. $ clean of heart, Ps. 18. 26. a Ps. 37. 1. xfat. sent thy sanctuary into the fire. the trouble of. y with. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: 8 break. they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens; and their tongue walketh through the earth. Ps. 109. 18. pass the thoughts of the heart. c Jude 16. Prosperity of the wicked. 10 Therefore his people return hither; and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and y chastened every morning. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, it was 8 too painful for me, 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end." 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. tion as in a moment! they are utterly 19 How are they brought into desolaconsumed with terrors. 20 As a dream' when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. 22 So foolish was I, and was as a beast before thee. ignorant; I 23 Nevertheless, I am continually with thee; thou hast holden me by my right hand. 24 Thour shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. PSALM LXXIV. Maschil of Asaph. O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the Prod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. 7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. 8 They said in their hearts, Let us & destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. 9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, Supplications and thanksgivings. PSALMS, LXXV.-LXXVIII. The Divine government. even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy | bosom. 12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the Y dragons in the waters. 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meath to the people inhabiting the wilderness. δ a Zec. 12. 4. b Ps. 44. 4. Je. 10. 7. d Na. 1. 6. e Ex. 14. 21. B break. Is. 51.9, 10. Eze. 29.3. yor, whales. Ex. 19. 10, &c. Nu. 14. 9. iDa.3.19,28. * Ex. 17.5, 6. Nu. 20. 11. IPs. 65. 7.. 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedstm up & mighty rivers. 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast set all the borders of them Jos.3.13, &c. earth: thou hast made 7 summer and winter. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. 20 Have respect unto ther covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. 23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. PSALM LXXV. To the chief Musician, μ Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song v of Asaph. UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare. 2 P When I shall receive the congregation, I will judge uprightly. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly; and to the wicked, Lift not up thed horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south: 7 But God is the judge; he putteth down one, and setteth up another. 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. PSALM LXXVI. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. IN m Im Judahn is God known; his name is great in Israel. 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. 5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both o Ps. 94. 7, 8. Ps. 62, title. e or, for. r Ge. 17.7,8. Le. 26. 45. 2 Sa. 23. 5. Ps. 106. 45. Je.33.20,21. He. 8. 10. K hand. • Ps. 143. 4,5. La.3.17,&c. t De. 32. 7. Is. 63. 11. u Ps. 42. 8. λ ascendeth, Jon. 1. 2. v Ps. 4. 4. w La. 3. 40. μor, Destroy not. the chariot and horsea are cast into a dead sleep. 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared; and whod may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents Sunto him that ought to be feared. 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. PSALM LXXVII. To the chief Musician, to r Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: mysore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and was troubled : I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. 6 I call to remembrance my song" in the night I commune with mine own heart, and my spirit made diligent" search. : 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail" for evermore ? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. 10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. 11 Iwill remember the works of the LORD; surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, ise in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God! 14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. waters saw thee: they were afraid; the 16 The waters saw thee, O God, the depths also were troubled. T 17 The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. 20 Thou? leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. PSALM LXXVIII. Maschilr of Asaph. GIVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old; 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. Crimes of the Israelites. Ho. 5. 15. c De. 6. 7. 11. 19. Judgments and mercies. 32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. PSALMS, LXXVIII. 4 We will not hide them from their chil-a Ex. 13.8,14. | dren, shewing to the generation to come the Is. 26. 16. praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children: 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: 8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and Y carrying bows, turned back" in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the field oft Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. 14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of firc. 15 He clave" the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. d De.32.4,15. i Eze. 2. 3..8. Is. 48. 9. B prepared not their heart, 2 Ch.20. 33. Ps. 103. 14. m Ja. 4. 14. throwing p 2 Ki. 17. 15. 4 ver. 19, 20. r Ps. 106. 13. or, affliction n set. v Ex. 14. 21. Ex. 8. 6, 24. 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run downEx. 10. 13. like rivers. 17 And they sinned yet more against him, by provoking the Most High in the wilderness. 18 And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust. 19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness ? 20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? 21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and wash wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; 22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation; 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. 25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. 26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven; and by his power he brought in the south wind. 27 Hem rained flesh also upon them as dust, and x feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea; 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. 29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; 30 They were not estranged from their lust but while their meat was yet in their mouths, 31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. c Ps. 105. 41. killed. d Ex. 9.23..25 λ shut up. v weighed a to the i Ex. XIV. σ covered. Mal. 3. 10. one did eat n Ju. 2.12, 20. p 1 Sa. 4.10,11 34 When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and inquired early after God: 35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. 36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues : 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. 38 But he being full of compassion, forgaves their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath: 39 For he remembered' that they were but flesh; a windm that passeth away, and cometh not again. 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back, and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the Senemy: 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders" in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 Hey sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust. 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost. 48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. 50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; 51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: 52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea σ overwhelmed their enemies. 54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. 55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided' them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies; 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; 61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. 62 Her gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. The desolation of Jerusalem. PSALMS, LXXIX.-LXXXI. 63 The fire consumed their young men ; | a De. 33. 2. and their maidens were not given to ẞpraised. marriage. 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. 65 Then the Lord awakedd as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. 66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts; he put them to a perpetual reproach. 67 Moreover, he refused the tabernacle b Nu. 2.18..24 Yfor salva- c ver. 7, 19. d Ps. 7. 6. e Nu. 6. 25. Is. 42. 13. 8 smoke, The desolated Vine. that dwellest between the cherubims, shine" forth. 2 Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come Y and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of g1 Sa.5.6,12. in great measure. Ephraim; 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion,' which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath Sestablished for ever. 70 He chose Davidm also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds : great 71 From 7 following the ewes with young, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. h Ps. 42. 3. Is. 30. 20. k Ge. 49. 10. Sfounded. m 2 Sa. 7. 8. Je. 2. 21. n after. o Is. 40. 11. p1 Ki. 9. 4. 72 So he fed them according to the in- cedars of tegrity of his heart, and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. PSALM LXXIX. A Psalm κ of Asaph. O GOD, the heathens are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. God. Mi. 3. 12. u Is. 63. 15. 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine" out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so thats all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have "Is.11.1, &c. and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was nonew to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. Zec. 3. 8. ≈ De. 28. 37. a Zep. 1. 18. c Ep. 2.1, 5. 5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy" burn like fire? 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathenor, that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. 8 Od remember not against us A former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; for we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight, by the "revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. the ini- v vengeance. Le. 23.24,26 Tthine arm. preserve the children or, against. i Ps. 114. 1. Ps. 74. 18. away. Ex. 1. 14. m Is. 43. 21. generation and generation. Ex. 17.2..7. P Ps. 23. 1. q Ex.25.20, 22 14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt; where I heard a language' that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.' 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee: I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved" thee at the waters of x Meribah. Selah. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. Duty of magistrates. PSALMS, LXXXII.-LXXXV. Pleasures of public worship. 10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice: and Israel would none of me. 12 Sod I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. a Ex. 20. 2. c De. 32. 15, d Ac. 7. 42. Bor, to the e Is. 42. 8. 15 The haters of the LORD should haveyor, of. submitted themselves unto him: buth Ps. 27. 4. their time should have endured for ever. 16 He should have fed them also with the Sfinest of the wheat: and with honey' out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. PSALM LXXXII. A Psalm of Asaph. &lied, or, Sfat. k Ps. 65. 4. 16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. 17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth. PSALM LXXXIV. To the chief Musician upong Gittith, 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. GOD standeth in the congregation of De. 32. 13. Selah. 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. all 5 They know not, neither will they understand: they walk on in darkness: the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High: 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. PSALM LXXXIII. A Song or Psalm p of Asaph. KEEP not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 4 They have said," Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one x consent: they are confederate against thee: e or, mulber judge. m Je. 22. 3. pany to • John 10.28. John 12.35. q Ps. 75. 3. r Ge. 15. 1. π I would 35. t Is. 60. 19. u Re. 11. 15. v Phi. 4. 19. or, for w Is. 37. 29. Ps. 42, title. Tor, well pleased with, * Ps. 31. 20. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee: in whose heart are the ways of them: 6 Who passing through the valley of Baca, make it a well: the rain also A filleth the pools. 7 They go from strength to strength; every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. 8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Behold, O God, our shield," and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the LORD God is a sunt and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. PSALM LXXXV. To the chief Musician, A Psalm σ for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all 6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assur also is joined with them: they Est. 3. 6, 9. generations? haveholpen the children of Lot. Selah. 9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison; 10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb; yea, all their princes as Zebahs and as Zalmunna: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; ash the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire, 15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 6 Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. 8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. |